OCTOBER 31, 1975
THE VOICE
PAGE 3
POEMS AND WRITER*S PAGE
Ode to Dean IflcCoy
Black education is his thing, to
free the mass from
emotional hangups and
fling.
His voice is fast, his mind is
quick, his favorite ex
pression “Different strokes,
for different folks.”
If you can’t do big, then why
not small?
Unite together to elevate all.
You can’t be a man in the
morning and a child at night
Half done is not fight.
Every brother ain’t a brother
especially those who say one
things and do another.
His advice is do research for
the facts.
History gives a tight rope with
very little slack.
Propoganda clouds, so getyour
priority straight, now is the
time,
Clear your mind.
Togetherness is the clue to
your fate.
I say to all, if you never met
Dean McCoy, the man
You would do well to take his
stand.
Dorothy Lawrence
The NtiddleSchool
What is this you have for me?
A Middle School - but I don’t
quite see
I know you say it’s designed to
meet my needs
But does it make me forget
I’m taller than the other
trees?
Will it help me accept myself?
Will it help me to get off my
lonely shelf?
All my classmates and you
have classified
As clumsy, confused, curious,
and, yes, even horrified.
Is this school going to work
some wonders.
And change my life and
remove all its blunders?
I know I’m not an adult, but
don’t treat me like a child
Well, at least, I hope your
efforts are all worthwhile.
You have set up the program
to suit folks like me.
But exactly what will the
product be?
Will all your opinions be
correct,
And make me a better adult as
you expect?
Are you sure that I can learn
best this way.
Or must I go through this and
wait if there’s some delay
Well—you’re the adult—you
should know.
Naomi Smith
Owens Says SLC
Confab Successful
(Continued from Page 1)
have student government
representation. They came to
see how the student govern
ment in other schools operates
and will put this to use in their
own school.
Owens went on to say that
at the conference it was
decided that there is a need
for the student leaders to meet
more often in order to
maintain the unity which has
been created and to have
students ready to deal with
any situation that might
arise. The student leaders
formed the North Carolina
Association of Black Student
Governments and they plan to
meet twice a semester, with
the next meeting scheduled
for December 4 and 5. This
conference will be held at
Winston-Salem State
University.
Owens said other schools
were very impressed with the
student government system at
FSU. He cited receiving
letters from each of the
schools that participated
saying how well the con
ference went. Owens received
a letter from Black Collegian
concerning the possibility of
doing an article on the Student
Leadership Conference.
Various topics were
discussed by the student
leaders. One such topic was
the relationship each school
has with its administration.
There were some schools with
good relationships and others
with average and poor
standings. Another
question raised was what
makes an SGA president a
good president in his school.
The student leaders gave the
definition of a good president
as being: One who sees the
needs of the student body and
tries to meet these needs
without hurting the univer-
People Change
Did you ever stop to realize
the certain fact,
That people change and turn
their back.
To all the friendship you are
willing to give,
Because now they don’t need
you in order to live.
They quickly forget the
dollars and last dimes,
Given to them in the hardest
of times.
They forget the discomfort
and hours you spent
Trying to straighten out their
heart full of dents.
They forget the ride that you
gave them downtown.
The high you gave them when
they wanted to get down.
They forget about your an
swers you gave them in
class,
Instead of thanks, they say
kiss my—!
One thing people, you better
not forget.
You’ll need someone, you’re
not dead yet.
If you think you can make it
all on your own.
Life will be a struggle adn
you’ll always be alone.
Reginald Whitaker
Home Again
With shadowed eyes
And dimpled cheek
Where tears and smiles once
grew
I search and search
For a simple place
Where I once lived and loved
with you.
And then a shadow covers the
moon
And the sun tho timely,
doesn’t appear
So sinking rivers and mangled
breeze
Are all that my deafened ears
can hear.
Heaven cannot match its pitch
Nor the ocean match its roar
Of the thundering heed within
my soul
To unlatch that invisible door.
And then I catch a familar
smirk
The beginnings of a smile I
know so well
And I feel the warmth of a
thousand beams
Telling the news which no
forecaster can tell.
Now it’s clear to both our
minds
That only the heart could ever
The welcome which we feared
so much
And only home could feel this
way!
Clararene Jacobs
sity. They also agreed that the
president must satisfy his
conscience by doing a good job
and getting the people to see
what he is doing to help them.
The Statistical Abstract of
Higher Education 1972-73, in
which each school in the
university system of North
Carolina is listed along with
the amount given each year to
support each institution was
reviewed by the leaders. The
amount black institutions
receive was compared to what
is given to white institution.
“White schools are getting
considerably more than black
schools,” Owens said.
When asked his views as
to how the Student Leadership
Conference went and whether
or not he felt it would be
continued, Owens replied, “I
feel that the Student
Leadership Conference was
the most significant thing that
any SGA president has ever
done, as far as black in
stitutions are concerned. It
will be left up to the leaders
who follow us as to whether
this continues. Black leaders
must be well equipped to
handle any crisis that may
occur during the year. At this
time, I think we are able to do
this as a result of the strong
bond we have formed as
student government leaders
coupled with the deter
mination we have.”
Owens stressed his
satisfaction at a job well done.
“I am one hundred percent
satisfied with the conference.
It was more work that I had
thought it would be, but it
turned out to be a complete
success. I’d like to
acknowledge the excellent job
done by my staff, with a
special note of gratitude to
Earl Moore and Gail John
son.”
You, Ifty LiOt^e Are ]fiy
Liinh To Life
Hey Baby,
I heard a song
This brother
about what
If his old lady
The dude was
might break
Might even die.
the other day.
was rapping
might happen
left him.
saying that he
down and cry,
if she left him.
If I had heard that song before
I met you
I would have laughed.
I would have said, “The
nigger’s crazy, he ain’t no
man.”
But now, since I have met and
fallen in love with you
I know better.
Now, I know what the man is
talking about.
Baby, you’re my link with the
world.
When I can’t communicate
with anyone else
I can relate to you.
Before I met you I thought I
knew what it was all about.
But since I’ve met you I have
found out
What love really is,
What it can do to a man, and
What it can make a man do.
Oh baby, if you ever left me
I’d die,
Maybe not physically, but
spiritually, mentally,
And in any other way that I’ve
lived since I met you.
You put purpose in my life.
You’ve given me reason to be.
You are that reason.
You, my love, are my link to
life.
Ron Williams
LOVE 3IE!
Love me
Sometimes I feel all alone
And it seems like no one cares,
Sometimes when all my hope
is gone
I wonder if you will still be
there.
I never asked so much of this
world
I really don’t want perfection.
It’s just that I feel like a lucky
girl
With all your love and af
fection.
So when you see me down and
out
And I’m not wearing a smile
When it seems like I’m going
to pout.
Just love me, it’s worth your
while.
I can be kind and gentle
I can be very romantic,
Sometimes I can be sen
timental
When this happens, please
don’t panic.
Loving me can be fun
It can be so exciting
Just tell me I’m the only one,
You don’t have to put it in
writing.
Love me as a woman
Not for what I can give
Make me feel needed
Make me want to live.
And together our love
Can build a new life
A special love from above
Created for man and wife.
Wanda Johnson
f feel,
I felt
I feel myself in need
Of a little consolation
meditation
in relation
to the fulfillment
of my sensations
stimulating, vibrating
cause,
I feel myself in need
I feel resolved to try
something strange
hoping to gain
an inner claim
a pictured frame
just the same
not be shame
to restrain
cause,
I feel resolved to try
I feel obliged to relate
something great
I mustn’t wait
can’t hesitate
no time to contemplate
would be a mistake
cause,
I feel obliged to relate.
Della Simmons
THE
STAR
I reached up into the sky,
And picked a little star,
One which appeared so close
to me,
Though was apparently much
too far.
Not for the enjoyment of
humans.
Nor for the pleasure of me.
The star I had picked at
random.
Remained a complete
mystery.
When I had tried as hard
As I thought that I might,
I walked onto
My porch one night,-
And I performed a task
From which I thought I might
die.
As I took my little star,
And returned it to the sky.
Carmen Ford
Just Eiihe
A Rainbow
Four nights, four days have
drifted apart from you,
Thinking of you in my mind,
still loving you.
Only to know that you are not
there.
But, again, telling myself that
I care.
From the back door there is a
rainbow within my view.
Oh! how the rainbow sits in a
position like your
everlasting smile.
There is a rainbow of blue,
minty green and a mild
pink.
The rainbow is so far away,
although it is not as far as
you.
You are just like a rainbow
now, I seldom see you.
Yet, there are times when you
are so near.
Yes, like a smiling face with
rainbow colors, you are.
Yvonne Gibson
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